Asil Nadir

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many documents were subject to public interest immunity certificates during the trial of Asil Nadir.
	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to apply for public interest immunity certificates for the three boxes of documents relating to the Asil Nadir case recently found by the Serious Fraud Office; and, if so, under what legal mechanism.
	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the public interest immunity certificates issued during the trial of Asil Nadir are still in force; and, if so, for what reason.

Lord Wallace of Tankerness: It would not be appropriate to comment on any substantive application for public interest immunity or to provide details.

Bank of England

Lord Myners: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they regard the Bank of England to be adequately capitalised to support its balance sheet and economic function.

Lord Deighton: HM Treasury is the Bank of England's sole shareholder and stands behind the Bank in the operation of all its functions. Where necessary, for special operations, HM Treasury has provided an indemnity to the Bank of England.

Banking

Lord Myners: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they regard the United Kingdom banking system to be adequately capitalised to support economic recovery.

Lord Deighton: The Government are creating a new Financial Policy Committee (FPC) at the Bank of England, charged with identifying, monitoring and taking action to remove or reduce systemic risks to the stability of the financial system. Subject to this, the FPC must also support the economic policy of the Government, including their objectives for growth and employment. In the November 2012 Financial Stability Report, the interim FPC recommended,
	"that the FSA takes action to ensure that the capital of UK banks and building societies reflects a proper valuation of their assets, a realistic assessment of future conduct costs and prudent calculation of risk weights. Where such action reveals that capital buffers need to be strengthened to absorb losses and sustain credit availability in the event of stress, the FSA should ensure that firms either raise capital or take steps to restructure their business and balance sheets in ways that do not hinder lending to the real economy."
	The committee asked the FSA to report back on actions taken in response to this recommendation in advance of its March 2013 meeting. Further details will be released in the FPC statement from the meeting held on 19 March 2013, which will be published on 27 March 2013.

Banking: Bonuses

Lord Stoddart of Swindon: To ask Her Majesty's Government under what Articles of the European Union treaties the new European Union rules restricting bankers' bonuses are being implemented; and whether there are any plans to introduce such restrictions in other industries or in the public sector.

Lord Deighton: The Capital Requirements Directive IV proposals on remuneration are based on Article 53(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. There are currently no specific legislative proposals for the introduction of similar measures in other industries or the public sector.

Banks: Iceland

Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 25 February (WA 191), whether they are still seeking interest from Iceland for the £2.3 billion of compensation paid out to United Kingdom depositors of Landsbanki's United Kingdom branch in place of the Icelandic Depositors' and Investors' Guarantee Fund; if so, at what rate; and what are the current amounts of HM Treasury's claims in the administration of Landsbanki, Heritable Bank plc and Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Ltd (KSF).

Lord Deighton: On 28 January, the Court of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) ruled that the state of Iceland was not in breach of its legal obligations under EU law in failing to ensure that depositors of Landsbanki received compensation payments under the deposit guarantee scheme directive. In light of the judgment, the UK Government recognise that the state of Iceland does not have a legal obligation to pay interest on the prefinancing of £2.3 billion of compensation paid out to UK depositors of Landsbanki hf's UK branch.
	The ruling itself will have no impact on public spending plans as interest payments from Iceland were not scored in the national accounts. The Government retain a claim in the insolvency proceedings relating to Landsbanki and the Landsbanki winding-up board is currently projecting recoveries of 100% in respect of retail depositors.
	Full details of HM Treasury's claims in the administration of Landsbanki h.f., Heritable Bank Plc and Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Ltd (KSF) are set out in Sections 30, 31 and 33 of the Treasury Annual Reports Accounts 2011-121. A summary is provided in the following table.
	
		
			 Institution Outstanding HM Treasury claims as of March 2012 
			 Heritable Bank plc £29.5 million 
			 Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander (KSF) £183 million 
			 Icesave £2.2 billion 
		
	
	Further details will be published in the Treasury Annual Reports and Accounts 2012-2013 later this year.
	1www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/hm_annual_report_2012.pdf

Benefits

Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 25 February (WA 192), whether they are aware of any instance of other European Union countries not paying the equivalent of child benefit in respect of children of European Union nationals left behind in their home countries.
	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they ensure that child benefit and child tax credit are not paid to European Union nationals in the United Kingdom who are not paying compulsory United Kingdom national insurance contributions.

Lord Deighton: While child benefit and child tax credit are designed to help families living in the UK only, the EC social security co-ordinating regulations, EC Regulation 883/2004 and 987/2009, treat both child benefit and the child tax credit as "family benefits". Under these rules, such benefits are therefore payable to nationals of the European Economic Area (EEA) in respect of members of their family resident in another member state.
	The EC regulations are directly applicable to all member states in equal measure. Nationals of other EEA member states who are working in the UK and paying compulsory UK national insurance contributions are entitled to claim UK family benefits in respect of children living in another member state. Similarly, UK nationals working and paying social security contributions in another member state are entitled to that member state's family benefits in respect of their children resident in the UK.
	The Government are not aware of any instance of other EEA member states not applying these rules. All claims for child benefit and child tax credit made under the EU social security co-ordinating regulations are subject to a wide range of checks on entitlement and an annual review. These checks include confirmation that a claimant is paying national insurance contributions. If national insurance contributions are not being paid, the claim will fall for disallowance.

Benefits

Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 25 February (WA 192), whether they will take steps to require an individual to have paid national insurance contributions for a certain time before they can be considered to be self-employed for habitually resident housing benefit purposes.

Lord Freud: In the Social Security Tribunal decision that gives rise to this question, the judge made clear that there are two parts to the test of whether an individual is self-employed. The first part is whether the activity can be counted as self-employment. The second part is to establish whether or not the work is "genuine and effective". This test takes into account factors such as the period of the employment, the number of hours worked, the level of remuneration, and whether the work was regular or erratic.
	The Government believe this test provides sufficient safeguards and that an additional test related to the payment of national insurance contributions is unnecessary.

Building Regulations

Lord Hunt of Chesterton: To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the Green Deal, whether they have any plans to amend the building regulations relating to ventilation, in order to minimise structural damage within internally insulated solid walls and to ensure a healthy level of indoor air quality.

Baroness Hanham: The Government have no plans to amend the building regulations or associated statutory guidance relating to ventilation in the light of the Green Deal.
	Requirements for protecting the building fabric against condensation and for providing adequate ventilation for people are set out in Part C (Site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisture) and Part F (Ventilation) of the Building Regulations 2010. Guidance on ways of meeting these requirements is given in Approved Documents C and F. We have no evidence that the current guidance is inadequate.

Burma

Baroness Goudie: To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings Ministers have held with British companies in which Burma was discussed.

Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint: Since the suspension of EU sanctions in April 2012, the British Government have made a commitment to promoting responsible trade and investment in support of Burma's democratic reform process.
	UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) organised two trade missions to the market in 2012. The July multi-sector mission was led by Lord Marland and my right honourable friend the Minister of State (South-East Asia/Far East, India and Nepal, Latin America, Falklands, Australasia and Pacific, Commonwealth) led a delegation of UK power companies in December.
	My right honourable friend the Minister of State, Department for International Development and my right honourable friend the Minister of State (South-East Asia/Far East, India and Nepal, Latin America, Falklands, Australasia and Pacific, Commonwealth) attended the November Wilton Park conference, "Burma/Myanmar, Business and Human Rights: Setting Standards for Responsible Business", at which a number of British and international company representatives were present. They welcomed the Minister for the President's Office to the UK and discussed the benefits that responsible investment can bring to Burma.
	Where companies have expressed interest in Burma Ministers have been able to refer them to the UKTI office which opened in Rangoon in July 2012 and which offers practical support and advice to British companies interested in investing in the country.

Carbon Credits

Lord St John of Bletso: To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to revive the compliance and voluntary carbon credit market.

Baroness Verma: The Government are supporting top-down regulatory steps to strengthen the EU Emissions Trading Scheme by addressing the surplus and low allowance price in the system. The UK supports the European Commission's proposal to "back-load", or delay, the auctioning of allowances, if linked to longer-term structural reform of the system.

Drugs: Prescribed Drug Addiction

The Earl of Sandwich: To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will ensure that after April 2013 the current National Treatment Agency guidelines designed for short-term users of prescribed benzodiazepines are updated to take account of long-term addiction and gradual withdrawal, as set out in the Ashton Manual.

Earl Howe: The National Treatment Agency (NTA) does not issue clinical guidelines on drug treatment.
	These are published by the department as Drug Misuse and Dependence: UK Guidelines on Clinical Management. Additional advice on the management of benzodiazepine and z-drug withdrawal is provided through the NHS Clinical Knowledge Summaries, which reference the Ashton Manual. This advice will continue to remain available after April 2013.

Education: Sex and Relationship Education

Lord Storey: To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to increase the engagement and inclusion of parents and guardians in children's sex and relationship education in (1) primary, and (2) secondary, schools.
	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will ensure that a rigorous and comprehensive education on the transmission, symptoms and impact of HIV/AIDS is provided in all secondary school personal, social, health and economic education lessons.
	To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of parents and guardians of children at (1) primary, and (2) secondary, level choose to withdraw their child from sex and relationship education.

Lord Nash: I will answer these questions together.
	Governing bodies of maintained schools are required to have an up-to-date sex education policy that sets out the school's approach. This must be made available to parents who should be consulted on the school's programme.
	The provision of sex education is statutory in maintained secondary schools and is defined as including education about HIV/AIDS and any other sexually transmitted disease. Sexually transmitted infections are also covered as part of the National Curriculum for Science at Key Stage 3. Academies do not have to provide sex education but when they do they have a duty to teach about sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS.
	We do not collect data for the numbers of parents or guardians who choose to withdraw their child from SRE.

Elections: Printing and Postage

Lord Tyler: To ask Her Majesty's Government what were (1) the printing and postage costs of freepost election address booklets to each elector in the 2012 London Elections; (2) what were the costs on a per elector basis; and how much in (a) absolute terms and (b) on a percentage basis, was recouped by charges to the parties and candidates featured in the booklets.

Lord Wallace of Saltaire: In its report to the London Assembly in June 2012, the Office of the Greater London Returning Officer advised that the total cost of providing the freepost election address booklet to each elector for the 2012 London mayoral and assembly elections was £1.46 million. The number of election address booklets distributed was 5.9 million, and the cost per elector was 25.17p.
	Seven candidates stood for the office of mayor at the 2012 elections and they each paid the sum of £10,000 to be included in the booklet as specified in legislation. The booklet's net cost was £1.39 million, and the net cost per elector was 23.97p.
	The seven candidates paid a combined total of £70,000 to be included in the booklet and that represents 5% of the total booklet costs (£1.46 million) that were recouped by charges to the parties and their candidates.

Employment: Self-employed Workers

Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 26 February (WA 284), what considerations would contribute to a decision that selling the Big Issue amounts to a trade; with whom they check that vendors are registered with and operating in accordance with the code of conduct of the Big Issue; whether that is done on every occasion that a vendor seeks to claim self-employment status; and how many such vendors are currently registered as self-employed.

Lord Deighton: Guidance on the factors to consider in deciding whether a trade exists is published in the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) Business Income Manual at BIM20000 onwards.1
	For tax purposes, self-employed individuals are required to register with HMRC. At the point when a Big Issue vendor registers for tax purposes, no checks will be made that they are registered with and operating in accordance with the code of conduct of the Big Issue as this does not form part of the self-assessment process. The registration data HMRC holds does not identify Big Issue vendors separately, so no information is available about the number of such vendors currently registered as self-employed.
	For benefits purposes, claims submitted by self-employed people in respect of benefits and tax credits undergo an assessment procedure before payments are issued. Claimants are required to provide relevant evidence of their earnings and the level of evidence required will be proportionate to the nature of the work being carried out. The individual may be asked to provide additional evidence in order to demonstrate that they are genuinely self-employed. For a Big Issue vendor, such evidence may include a Big Issue registration certificate. Any information supplied may be verified with a third party, if necessary.
	1 http:/ww.hmrc.gov.uldmanualsibimmanual/B1M20000.htm

Energy: Plutonium

Lord Avebury: To ask Her Majesty's Government under what item in the Department of Energy and Climate Change balance sheet the stocks of plutonium at Sellafield and Dounreay are included; and what was their value in the latest balance sheet.

Baroness Verma: As of 31 March 2012, the financial liabilities associated with the stocks of plutonium at Sellafield and Dounreay were included within provisions in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). The provision includes a figure of £1.7 billion, following review of the likely costs of the preferred policy for management of the plutonium (reuse), and the credible alternatives of near and long-term storage and disposal.

Enterprise Zones

Lord Barnett: To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the original expected capital sum to be provided for the 24 high-tech Enterprise Zones; and how much has been allocated to date.

Baroness Hanham: The Government did not provide an initial capital sum for the 24 enterprise zones when they were established. Instead, development was incentivised through a combination of business rate relief and local retention of business rate growth, simplified planning and commitment to provide superfast broadband. Enterprise zones in assisted areas are also able to access enhanced capital allowances on plant and machinery.
	The Chancellor announced in the last Autumn Statement that the Government would invest £474 million in local infrastructure to support both housing and commercial development. The local infrastructure fund prospectus was published on 25 February, and enterprise zones are invited to bid for the infrastructure required to unlock sites with real growth potential. We have asked for bids by Wednesday 3 April.

Finance: Credit Rating Agencies

Lord Myners: To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to engage with rating agencies other than Moody's to seek to persuade them not to downgrade the United Kingdom's credit rating.

Lord Deighton: The current European credit rating regulation 1060/2009 stipulates that rating agencies monitor and review credit ratings on an ongoing basis and at least annually. Furthermore, the regulation states that:
	"The credit rating agency shall inform the rated entity at least 12 hours before publication of the credit rating and of the principal grounds on which the rating is based in order to give the entity an opportunity to draw attention of the credit rating agency to any factual errors".
	The UK credit rating is an important benchmark for any country, but it is not the only benchmark. Returning the UK to sustainable, balanced economic growth is the Government's overriding priority. The actions taken to reduce the deficit and rebuild the economy have secured stability, with interest rates near historic lows, benefiting families, businesses and the taxpayer.

Flooding

Lord Patten: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord De Mauley on 27 February (WA 323), what are the areas in England where they assess that flooding and standing water presents an annual and continuing problem for farming.

Lord De Mauley: The Environment Agency has not made an assessment of the areas in England where flooding and standing water present an annual and continuing problem for farming. Research commissioned by Defra and the Environment Agency to improve the understanding at a national level of agricultural flood risk estimated that 29,400 hectares of agricultural land have a one-in-three or greater probability of flooding from rivers or the sea in any one year. This is less than 0.5% of the total agricultural land in England. This figure does not take account of areas that are at risk of surface water flooding.

Gaza

Baroness Tonge: To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Israel concerning the number of shootings at civilians and incursions into Gaza during the recent ceasefire.

Baroness Warsi: We have made clear to Israel our longstanding concerns about the manner in which the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) polices the buffer zone between Israel and Gaza.
	In the context of recent cases of Palestinian civilians killed by the IDF in both Gaza and the West Bank, officials from our embassy in Tel Aviv have reiterated our concerns over the IDF's use of live ammunition with both the Israeli Ministry of Defence and National Security Council. This issue was also raised by the national security adviser, Sir Kim Darroch, in his meetings with the Israeli authorities during his visit on 26-28 February.

Gaza

Baroness Tonge: To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Israel about the new travel restrictions on civilians in Gaza.

Baroness Warsi: Officials from our embassy in Tel Aviv raised the issue of Israel closing the Kerem Shalom crossing with the Israeli National Security Council on 27 February. The Kerem Shalom commercial crossing was reopened a few days later.

Habitual Residence Test

Baroness Browning: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 27 February (WA 327), what assessment they have made of the operation of the habitual residence test.

Lord Freud: Our monitoring of the habitual residence test confirms that it is successful in its primary purpose of restricting access to benefit for migrants who have little or no connection to the UK and identifying those who do not have an entitlement to benefit.
	The figures provided in the Answer are based on manually recorded local data in benefit centres, which have not been validated for accuracy. The Department for Work and Pensions is developing more accurate methods of recording habitual residence test outcomes so that more robust information is available in the future.

Health: Cardiology

The Lord Bishop of Ripon and Leeds: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider retaining and developing children's heart surgery services in Leeds in the light of the High Court ruling on 7 March regarding the Safe and Sustainable Review.

Earl Howe: The Safe and Sustainable Review of Children's Congenital Heart Services was a National Health Service review, independent of government. It is for the Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts (JCPCTs) and, from 1 April 2013, the NHS Commissioning Board to consider the court's ruling.
	The Secretary of State will also consider the implications of the court's ruling for the Independent Reconfiguration Panel's review of the Safe and Sustainable programme and the JCPCT's decision.

Health: Diabetes

Lord Hoyle: To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that children with diabetes receive the care and attention they need at schools.

Lord Nash: The Department for Education does not provide specific information to schools in relation to diabetes or any other condition that could affect pupils. However, we fully expect schools to understand and be aware of individual children's needs. Schools should work closely with parents/carers and have a clear procedure, set out in their health care plan, with which staff are both familiar and comfortable.

Health: Diabetes

Lord Hoyle: To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that parents do not have to provide care at schools for children with diabetes.

Lord Nash: The Department for Education does not provide specific information to schools in relation to diabetes or any other condition that could affect pupils. We would expect schools to be working closely with parents/carers and have a clear procedure, set out in their health care plan, with which staff and parents are both familiar and comfortable.

Health: Orthotic Services

Baroness Thomas of Winchester: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether highly specialised rare orthotic services will be commissioned by the NHS Commissioning Board.
	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their definition of a specialised orthotic service.

Earl Howe: Complex orthotic devices or services will be commissioned as part of the associated specialist pathway, including, for example, spinal surgery, orthopaedics and paediatric neurology. The key aspect of a specialised orthotics service is the provision of multidisciplinary assessments to achieve the correct prescription.

Homelessness: Rough Sleepers

Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of rough sleepers in the United Kingdom come from other European Union countries; and whether they operate a policy of returning such nationals to their home countries as incapable of maintaining themselves in the United Kingdom.

Baroness Hanham: We would expect anyone coming to this country to be able to support themselves and to return home if they were not able to do so.
	In 2011-12, 39% of London's rough sleepers were from the European Union with 28% from central and eastern Europe according to information held by the Greater London Authority on the CHAIN database. Under half of those seen sleeping rough had a UK nationality.
	The DCLG does not keep information nationally but local authorities report problems with rough sleeping by non-UK nationals, particularly from central and eastern European countries, in many areas of the country such as Norfolk, Sussex, the east, Manchester, Lincoln, Leicester, Exeter and Leeds.
	We are providing £470 million to local authorities and the voluntary sector over the current Spending Review to tackle and prevent homelessness. This funding may be used by local authorities for reconnection services to help pay for destitute non-UK nationals to return home mainly to central and eastern European countries. The Greater London Authority funds a London-wide service.
	We expect local reconnection protocols for those central and eastern European nationals who refuse to return home voluntarily to be closely linked to UKBA enforcement activity. This group lay themselves open to administrative removal if they have been here between three months and five years and are not exercising their treaty rights (relevant factors include not looking for work, continuing to drink on the streets and engaging in petty crime or anti-social behaviour).

House of Lords: Leave of Absence

Lord Ashcroft: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 11 March (WA 25), whether there are any proposals to allow Members of the House of Lords to be exempted from Section 41 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 if they take permanent leave of absence and do not attend the House of Lords thereafter; and, if not, why not.

Lord Wallace of Saltaire: There are no proposals to exempt members of the House of Lords from Section 41 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. Members who take leave of absence do so only for the rest of the Parliament and are still entitled to receive a Writ of Summons to attend the new Parliament. They are therefore a Member of the House of Lords for the purpose of Section 41 of the Act. Retired Members also continue to be treated for the purposes of general law as Members of the House.

House of Lords: Members

Lord Christopher: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Strathclyde on 8 January (WA 54), what account they take of the availability of accommodation in Parliament when making appointments to the House of Lords.

Lord Hill of Oareford: Accommodation in Parliament is a matter for the House authorities.

Housing Benefit

Lord German: To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total amount of Discretionary Housing Payments funding allocated to each local authority in the United Kingdom for each of the last three financial years.

Lord Freud: The total amount of discretionary housing payments allocated to each local authority is detailed below:
	
		
			 Local Authority 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 
			 Aberdeen 76,110 94,240 £226,785 
			 Aberdeenshire 24,963 45,276 £160,695 
			 Adur 21,421 35,720 £91,741 
			 Allerdale 9,295 19,018 £121,124 
			 Amber Valley 37,598 66,634 £174,225 
			 Angus 32,429 56,313 £130,802 
			 Argyll and Bute 40,773 58,246 £152,601 
			 Arun 80,180 119,866 £249,622 
			 Ashfield 69,587 108,356 £222,973 
			 Ashford 42,111 63,529 £170,625 
			 Aylesbury Vale 37,836 69,674 £180,088 
			 Babergh 36,253 49,192 £115,215 
			 Barking & Dagenham 140,486 303,204 £1,310,802 
			 Barnet 367,785 805,443 £1,998,661 
			 Barnsley 68,312 120,775 £364,513 
			 Barrow in Furness 17,133 38,479 £99,921 
			 Basildon 59,818 106,373 £405,844 
			 Basingstoke and Deane 42,407 56,422 £195,063 
			 Bassetlaw 23,409 41,101 £126,148 
			 Bath & North East Somerset 93,387 127,197 £243,479 
			 Bedford 73,981 124,399 £349,100 
			 Bexley 83,039 158,342 £533,858 
			 Birmingham 983,700 1,515,554 £3,770,701 
			 Blaby 23,088 35,718 £88,011 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 55,726 136,916 £376,643 
			 Blackpool 186,200 385,905 £693,562 
			 Blaenau Gwent 26,422 49,846 £160,251 
			 Bolsover 13,025 29,356 £92,187 
			 Bolton 101,486 201,943 £623,659 
			 Boston 12,459 30,716 £90,500 
			 Bournemouth 107,641 280,684 £502,652 
			 Bracknell Forest 21,716 45,263 £139,795 
			 Bradford 188,891 481,618 £1,176,314 
			 Braintree 34,257 65,845 £199,001 
			 Breckland 68,516 93,691 £197,748 
			 Brent 539,188 1,642,653 £4,815,410 
			 Brentwood 25,644 40,046 £100,955 
			 Bridgend 60,295 118,999 £279,100 
			 Brighton and Hove 387,835 633,236 £1,014,714 
			 Bristol 206,597 479,366 £1,137,227 
			 Broadland 20,757 37,182 £99,507 
			 Bromley 122,441 226,883 £700,174 
			 Bromsgrove 13,339 26,786 £90,358 
			 Broxbourne 32,771 67,571 £230,976 
			 Broxtowe 24,928 46,525 £107,734 
			 Burnley 28,995 65,113 £202,307 
			 Bury 65,410 144,585 £324,003 
			 Caerphilly 34,666 66,516 £292,597 
			 Calderdale 72,066 134,149 £383,941 
			 Cambridge 32,347 64,580 £182,340 
			 Camden 330,258 703,028 £1,680,807 
			 Cannock Chase 13,459 30,155 £114,555 
			 Canterbury 48,030 87,410 £197,878 
			 Cardiff 292,164 444,302 £1,102,669 
			 Carlisle 16,037 34,823 £142,640 
			 Carmarthenshire 64,402 116,968 £280,840 
			 Castle Point 34,780 69,066 £155,005 
			 Central Bedfordshire 36,523 76,880 £280,944 
			 Ceredigion 87,676 102,788 £163,391 
			 Charnwood 20,417 40,519 £132,326 
			 Chelmsford 48,836 85,216 £230,903 
			 Cheltenham 32,325 79,918 £189,052 
			 Cherwell 90,326 114,239 £203,354 
			 Cheshire East 119,632 196,573 £451,401 
			 Cheshire West and Chester 88,425 156,488 £450,773 
			 Chesterfield 36,300 64,446 £169,828 
			 Chichester 129,619 152,336 £233,549 
			 Chiltern 38,759 50,241 £99,288 
			 Chorley 15,029 31,203 £126,621 
			 Christchurch 28,415 33,876 £81,952 
			 City of London 3,427 11,168 £36,373 
			 Clackmannanshire 9,981 23,661 £162,088 
			 Colchester 175,144 246,782 £448,524 
			 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar 9,360 10,582 £49,911 
			 Conwy 73,428 131,108 £242,700 
			 Copeland 13,585 20,546 £94,263 
			 Corby 11,160 23,695 £92,250 
			 Cornwall 239,989 489,909 £867,795 
			 Cotswold 21,519 38,210 £88,837 
			 Coventry 178,636 329,445 £798,643 
			 Craven 9,105 23,132 £62,717 
			 Crawley 52,388 91,558 £255,365 
			 Croydon 269,981 676,991 £1,791,425 
			 Dacorum 53,629 87,942 £256,222 
			 Darlington 45,519 101,761 £224,185 
			 Dartford 25,507 69,217 £154,767 
			 Daventry 11,000 20,879 £74,259 
			 Denbighshire 54,015 102,787 £217,194 
			 Derby 131,522 234,767 £560,754 
			 Derbyshire Dales 16,944 24,479 £69,705 
			 Doncaster 119,583 226,373 £518,953 
			 Dover 71,209 113,052 £227,343 
			 Dudley 85,691 163,918 £494,398 
			 Dumfries and Galloway 45,327 63,250 £232,271 
			 Dundee 69,850 114,767 £311,904 
			 Durham 177,361 333,938 £883,089 
			 Ealing 382,232 960,814 £3,127,358 
			 East Ayrshire 20,629 49,849 £142,006 
			 East Cambridgeshire 17,397 43,234 £101,414 
			 East Devon 70,921 117,312 £176,239 
			 East Dorset 32,823 44,216 £98,435 
			 East Dunbartonshire 29,948 42,723 £102,051 
			 East Hampshire 23,066 32,271 £91,865 
			 East Hertfordshire 40,380 63,214 £162,055 
			 East Lindsey 51,121 113,193 £219,168 
			 East Lothian 28,932 47,911 £125,982 
			 East Northamptonshire 13,950 24,334 £85,490 
			 East Renfrewshire 14,965 25,501 £82,776 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 118,224 210,278 £374,414 
			 East Staffordshire 19,013 50,298 £130,209 
			 Eastbourne 88,847 140,437 £256,602 
			 Eastleigh 20,028 42,203 £127,292 
			 Eden 7,586 11,090 £51,990 
			 Edinburgh 337,526 570,286 £1,347,299 
			 Elmbridge 126,926 163,579 £282,500 
			 Enfield 275,082 727,496 £3,246,226 
			 Epping Forest 29,021 62,323 £206,998 
			 Epsom and Ewell 32,780 58,866 £130,857 
			 Erewash 57,531 92,075 £195,535 
			 Exeter 61,111 103,758 £219,021 
			 Falkirk 11,150 37,972 £136,698 
			 Fareham 23,076 33,983 £89,833 
			 Fenland 23,387 48,655 £146,827 
			 Fife 95,697 165,386 £435,614 
			 Flintshire 81,620 114,426 £242,119 
			 Forest Heath 28,976 45,759 £103,973 
			 Forest of Dean 24,857 44,888 £106,805 
			 Fylde 18,603 46,541 £105,441 
			 Gateshead 60,959 116,091 £373,518 
			 Gedling 31,470 53,042 £133,837 
			 Glasgow 1,053,201 1,393,221 £2,979,970 
			 Gloucester 43,783 89,197 £234,429 
			 Gosport 18,358 39,774 £134,600 
			 Gravesham 22,864 81,863 £198,353 
			 Great Yarmouth 50,430 115,290 £231,334 
			 Greenwich 345,536 470,249 £1,136,207 
			 Guildford 43,929 82,340 £206,697 
			 Gwynedd 104,203 150,474 £241,353 
			 Hackney 292,211 817,525 £2,324,080 
			 Halton 39,462 87,105 £282,452 
			 Hambleton 15,215 24,180 £85,775 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 219,084 476,762 £1,488,830 
			 Harborough 9,091 18,037 £58,542 
			 Haringey 366,870 853,168 £2,422,506 
			 Harlow 26,087 59,342 £200,945 
			 Harrogate 57,526 90,505 £179,021 
			 Harrow 150,295 316,372 £1,223,994 
			 Hart 13,872 24,599 £72,264 
			 Hartlepool 54,136 121,742 £317,087 
			 Hastings 98,509 156,525 £320,232 
			 Havant 33,584 67,207 £204,320 
			 Havering 87,807 164,932 £582,761 
			 Herefordshire 57,398 80,440 £213,937 
			 Hertsmere 30,857 60,026 £187,929 
			 High Peak 38,681 59,176 £106,783 
			 Highland 54,635 80,994 £216,106 
			 Hillingdon 170,664 335,826 £1,245,418 
			 Hinckley and Bosworth 11,908 25,896 £93,843 
			 Horsham 34,414 52,072 £120,902 
			 Hounslow 141,822 320,788 £1,117,181 
			 Huntingdonshire 41,422 56,646 £169,561 
			 Hyndburn 26,747 83,308 £186,608 
			 Inverclyde 40,548 55,072 £212,068 
			 Ipswich 94,253 131,342 £289,363 
			 Isle of Anglesey 28,500 65,539 £136,536 
			 Isle of Wight 65,820 111,808 £226,320 
			 Isles of Scilly 56 56 £17,396 
			 Islington 162,478 496,069 £1,628,508 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 463,789 1,381,186 £2,263,207 
			 Kettering 24,423 47,556 £136,864 
			 King's Lynn & West Norfolk 67,455 94,546 £219,911 
			 Kingston upon Hull 142,018 232,216 £707,645 
			 Kingston upon Thames 85,704 168,750 £426,956 
			 Kirklees 239,506 432,434 £852,960 
			 Knowsley 81,710 167,471 £468,623 
			 Lambeth 239,142 482,259 £1,544,093 
			 Lancaster 41,219 91,619 £211,058 
			 Leeds 395,448 881,724 £1,924,162 
			 Leicester 98,574 209,549 £813,252 
			 Lewes 58,716 83,495 £180,542 
			 Lewisham 253,914 609,034 £1,666,074 
			 Lichfield 17,300 30,807 £102,808 
			 Lincoln 68,851 98,865 £199,741 
			 Liverpool 295,730 755,808 £1,606,233 
			 Luton 94,094 172,589 £573,104 
			 Maidstone 109,924 126,623 £247,458 
			 Maldon 16,280 28,248 £87,221 
			 Malvern Hills 17,454 33,932 £92,610 
			 Manchester 420,570 721,216 £1,922,105 
			 Mansfield 33,494 49,295 £155,246 
			 Medway 109,500 250,518 £563,046 
			 Melton 5,838 11,447 £51,644 
			 Mendip 40,528 75,926 £148,943 
			 Merthyr Tydfil 13,722 32,332 £124,556 
			 Merton 136,336 263,862 £641,766 
			 Mid Devon 23,919 37,872 £101,300 
			 Mid Suffolk 22,372 33,541 £88,555 
			 Mid Sussex 25,054 49,948 £128,262 
			 Middlesbrough 68,680 174,255 £483,272 
			 Midlothian 28,151 42,324 £150,453 
			 Milton Keynes 94,404 219,692 £576,204 
			 Mole Valley 23,365 36,070 £98,765 
			 Monmouthshire 28,517 43,585 £121,978 
			 Moray 9,042 18,543 £68,980 
			 Neath Port Talbot 50,901 130,358 £318,083 
			 New Forest 57,765 93,754 £198,899 
			 Newark and Sherwood 18,714 39,459 £126,616 
			 Newcastle under Lyme 21,207 37,889 £135,044 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 108,942 198,125 £685,271 
			 Newham 266,262 523,047 £2,472,896 
			 Newport 47,383 109,584 £343,870 
			 North Ayrshire 49,677 95,074 £273,421 
			 North Devon 29,766 67,853 £133,055 
			 North Dorset 13,900 21,671 £68,387 
			 North East Derbyshire 11,071 21,956 £82,603 
			 North East Lincolnshire 73,106 132,716 £346,457 
			 North Hertfordshire 31,405 51,262 £164,689 
			 North Kesteven 22,726 42,589 £98,229 
			 North Lanarkshire 103,420 163,264 £374,676 
			 North Lincolnshire 48,337 76,136 £238,069 
			 North Norfolk 31,684 49,802 £112,312 
			 North Somerset 139,199 217,264 £382,340 
			 North Tyneside 44,785 115,318 £331,993 
			 North Warwickshire 22,295 30,208 £77,981 
			 North West Leicestershire 9,607 22,255 £94,912 
			 Northampton 59,354 162,394 £420,634 
			 Northumberland 51,735 154,547 £416,365 
			 Norwich 78,405 90,697 £288,314 
			 Nottingham 119,316 211,880 £696,031 
			 Nuneaton and Bedworth 46,785 83,255 £196,127 
			 Oadby and Wigston 11,623 19,600 £57,589 
			 Oldham 74,457 173,221 £498,663 
			 Orkney 761 3,042 £26,754 
			 Oxford 105,520 229,846 £525,369 
			 Pembrokeshire 45,881 94,040 £193,940 
			 Pendle 25,350 54,402 £142,591 
			 Perth and Kinross 19,665 43,018 £149,177 
			 Peterborough 87,406 143,833 £431,147 
			 Plymouth 105,430 224,043 £467,875 
			 Poole 61,443 125,520 £275,652 
			 Portsmouth 95,125 189,015 £472,895 
			 Powys 35,891 61,596 £154,975 
			 Preston 16,590 70,062 £246,193 
			 Purbeck 13,204 22,769 £66,674 
			 Reading 102,237 232,717 £492,480 
			 Redbridge 180,476 384,741 £1,620,804 
			 Redcar and Cleveland 46,878 107,345 £308,690 
			 Redditch 23,013 47,732 £136,516 
			 Reigate and Banstead 25,106 46,323 £152,284 
			 Renfrewshire 52,314 74,462 £251,714 
			 Rhondda Cynon Taf 66,611 170,679 £451,301 
			 Ribble Valley 5,419 13,884 £46,969 
			 Richmond upon Thames 10,119 202,337 £406,202 
			 Richmondshire 137,113 20,008 £54,366 
			 Rochdale 72,117 170,937 £517,104 
			 Rochford 32,392 40,619 £99,169 
			 Rossendale 17,611 46,879 £118,986 
			 Rother 73,222 88,300 £157,471 
			 Rotherham 60,313 105,915 £437,763 
			 Rugby 15,504 31,393 £111,451 
			 Runnymede 20,996 38,380 £102,996 
			 Rushcliffe 17,285 27,441 £82,416 
			 Rushmoor 15,303 51,871 £134,085 
			 Rutland 9,488 12,802 £36,068 
			 Ryedale 11,951 16,939 £63,868 
			 Salford 118,435 252,778 £679,931 
			 Sandwell 93,222 210,661 £739,954 
			 Scarborough 54,355 106,831 £215,431 
			 Scottish Borders 20,927 38,787 £170,470 
			 Sedgemoor 19,042 79,709 £169,645 
			 Sefton 87,721 252,982 £547,790 
			 Selby 12,891 30,222 £89,422 
			 Sevenoaks 46,746 56,674 £126,778 
			 Sheffield 121,945 239,714 £995,802 
			 Shepway 54,651 116,110 £252,002 
			 Shetland 687 721 £22,223 
			 Shropshire 56,983 106,201 £277,475 
			 Slough 82,579 222,406 £678,526 
			 Solihull 71,320 120,204 £294,866 
			 South Ayrshire 121,673 153,344 £233,422 
			 South Bucks 27,737 34,014 £87,728 
			 South Cambridgeshire 34,815 65,408 £151,251 
			 South Derbyshire 24,691 44,076 £102,358 
			 South Gloucestershire 93,128 164,787 £327,799 
			 South Hams 64,755 91,310 £143,678 
			 South Holland 11,814 37,739 £91,630 
			 South Kesteven 31,323 56,585 £130,752 
			 South Lakeland 37,042 47,049 £95,456 
			 South Lanarkshire 140,212 217,462 £413,967 
			 South Norfolk 38,317 68,286 £143,468 
			 South Northamptonshire 8,820 19,391 £58,950 
			 South Oxfordshire 27,489 51,618 £121,872 
			 South Ribble 12,121 30,608 £106,928 
			 South Somerset 64,114 99,725 £213,132 
			 South Staffordshire 25,825 30,653 £94,263 
			 South Tyneside 32,866 86,310 £305,483 
			 Southampton 100,882 209,836 £527,593 
			 Southend on Sea 137,327 264,038 £581,762 
			 Southwark 166,711 331,962 £1,119,665 
			 Spelthorne 25,811 58,816 £202,036 
			 St Albans 51,160 73,735 £170,097 
			 St Edmundsbury 25,431 57,250 £142,100 
			 St Helens 83,256 115,715 £399,636 
			 Stafford 17,462 34,333 £110,857 
			 Staffordshire Moorlands 18,068 35,346 £91,836 
			 Stevenage 23,941 46,850 £163,535 
			 Stirling 31,081 48,493 £111,886 
			 Stockport 134,668 220,414 £468,735 
			 Stockton on Tees 59,908 145,919 £395,220 
			 Stoke on Trent 115,860 233,792 £548,270 
			 Stratford on Avon 90,530 148,696 £216,801 
			 Stroud 46,922 69,663 £134,509 
			 Suffolk Coastal 64,334 74,464 £146,682 
			 Sunderland 87,823 250,304 £658,202 
			 Surrey Heath 17,589 26,225 £80,872 
			 Sutton 89,521 179,625 £454,861 
			 Swale 83,537 159,404 £323,270 
			 Swansea 85,995 201,137 £474,871 
			 Swindon 34,974 88,906 £280,944 
			 Tameside 95,200 155,813 £478,213 
			 Tamworth 18,457 28,863 £111,536 
			 Tandridge 29,291 46,304 £103,115 
			 Taunton Deane 26,726 61,818 £134,967 
			 Teignbridge 78,045 114,241 £186,222 
			 Telford and Wrekin 50,859 102,810 £356,911 
			 Tendring 69,496 172,489 £401,660 
			 Test Valley 29,957 46,565 £114,626 
			 Tewkesbury 24,423 45,834 £102,864 
			 Thanet 75,708 238,850 £401,310 
			 Three Rivers 30,769 53,134 £155,415 
			 Thurrock 51,505 128,654 £354,201 
			 Tonbridge and Malling 32,834 41,969 £129,610 
			 Torbay 118,503 268,360 £393,853 
			 Torfaen 56,709 56,709 £193,584 
			 Torridge 19,795 46,738 £93,699 
			 Tower Hamlets 218,048 469,585 £2,237,330 
			 Trafford 56,239 136,311 £374,833 
			 Tunbridge Wells 35,904 52,971 £143,019 
			 Uttlesford 26,386 45,061 £100,027 
			 Vale of Glamorgan 53,963 99,466 £219,639 
			 Vale of White Horse 24,533 40,523 £125,358 
			 Wakefield 136,890 242,290 £644,505 
			 Walsall 60,411 151,214 £590,745 
			 Waltham Forest 166,601 472,465 £1,517,954 
			 Wandsworth 222,607 613,175 £1,839,423 
			 Warrington 51,343 92,939 £292,712 
			 Warwick 34,532 73,114 £168,556 
			 Watford 26,008 75,847 £216,854 
			 Waveney 48,939 122,793 £225,093 
			 Waverley 42,011 65,841 £145,124 
			 Wealden 81,775 105,336 £177,594 
			 Wellingborough 13,158 25,594 £121,436 
			 Welwyn Hatfield 24,342 36,512 £160,761 
			 West Berkshire 59,456 116,340 £241,672 
			 West Devon 22,915 35,411 £71,305 
			 West Dorset 35,351 53,978 £119,046 
			 West Dunbartonshire 48,693 67,016 £325,468 
			 West Lancashire 37,828 53,277 £158,909 
			 West Lindsey 24,739 48,344 £114,798 
			 West Lothian 54,512 79,785 £239,205 
			 West Oxfordshire 23,385 44,209 £95,797 
			 West Somerset 15,510 28,358 £68,453 
			 Westminster 1,104,144 3,748,603 £5,930,283 
			 Weymouth and Portland 41,842 82,043 £150,321 
			 Wigan 92,581 157,043 £456,084 
			 Wiltshire 139,646 227,565 £474,331 
			 Winchester 20,708 38,744 £105,155 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead 75,801 122,068 £227,918 
			 Wirral 282,981 463,875 £917,214 
			 Woking 33,480 60,979 £166,627 
			 Wokingham 18,060 49,411 £123,395 
			 Wolverhampton 98,365 202,097 £633,653 
			 Worcester 33,726 66,469 £172,487 
			 Worthing 38,742 75,108 £160,257 
			 Wrexham 30,031 43,395 £198,082 
			 Wychavon 25,867 41,517 £124,639 
			 Wycombe 57,617 93,242 £247,140 
			 Wyre 36,869 94,168 £168,131 
			 Wyre Forest 19,382 56,945 £152,091 
			 York 57,380 116,422 £286,409

Infrastructure Investment

Lord Hollick: To ask Her Majesty's Government what was their forecast of total infrastructure investment for the following year at the start of the financial years (1) 2011-12, and (2) 2012-13.

Lord Deighton: The Government do not formally forecast infrastructure investment from both the public and private sectors. An infrastructure pipeline providing an indicative estimate of planned infrastructure investment from both the public and private sector was provided by the Government as part of the update of the national infrastructure plan at Autumn Statement 2012 and is available on the Treasury website.1 This pipeline showed that total infrastructure investment for the period 2011-12 was £33 billion.
	1http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/infrastructure_pipeline_data.htm

Infrastructure Investment

Lord Hollick: To ask Her Majesty's Government what planning measures they have introduced since 2010 to facilitate infrastructure investment; and what assessment they have made of the impact of those measures.

Baroness Hanham: The Government have introduced a number of crucial reforms to the planning system to support business and investment since 2010. We have abolished the Infrastructure Planning Commission to ensure that decisions under the Planning Act on major infrastructure projects are now taken by democratically accountable Ministers. In addition, we are taking forward further planning measures on infrastructure in the Growth and Infrastructure Bill. These include extending the principle of a one-stop shop for non-planning consents for major infrastructure, bringing a new category of commercial and business development into the regime, and reforming special parliamentary procedure.
	The publication of the National Planning Policy Framework in 2012 cut over 1,300 pages of guidance down to around 50, and requires local authorities to adopt a positive approach to growth and delivering infrastructure. Our reforms to the community infrastructure levy, including preventing double charging, have improved its operation and increased its ability to make a significant contribution to the provision of essential local infrastructure.
	The Government are also putting in place a whole range of other planning measures to incentivise growth and investment. Progress on these is set out in the planning section of the Plan for Growth implementation update which can be accessed from the Following link: http://cdn.hmtreasury.gov.uk/growth_implementation_update_dec2012.pdf

Infrastructure Investment

Lord Hollick: To ask Her Majesty's Government what agreement, if any, they have reached with pension and other investment funds to finance infrastructure investment.

Lord Deighton: The Government have taken steps and continue to encourage investment in infrastructure from investment funds, specifically pension funds. In November 2011, the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) and HM Treasury signed a memorandum of understanding to facilitate investment in infrastructure through the development of a platform or conduit, leading to the development of the Pension Infrastructure Platform (PIP).

Insurance: Fraud

Lord Bradshaw: To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to reduce the costs associated with whiplash injuries, particularly fraudulent or exaggerated cases.

Lord McNally: The Government are determined to tackle fraudulent and exaggerated whiplash claims, while ensuring that people who have suffered a genuine injury can continue to get appropriate compensation. Following the Prime Minister's insurance summit on 14 February 2012, the Government committed to identify options and implement changes to reduce the number and cost of whiplash claims.
	In response to this commitment the Ministry of Justice has carried out a consultation on measures to address the rising number and cost of whiplash claims. The consultation closed on 8 March 2013 and the Government will publish a response outlining the way forward in due course.

Internet: 4G Spectrum

Lord Myners: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reasons the proceeds from the sale of 4G spectrum fell short of the figure forecast by Her Majesty's Government and audited by the Office for Budget Responsibility.

Lord Deighton: The £3.5 billion costing of the spectrum auction revenues published by the Government at Autumn Statement 2012 was certified by the independent Office for Budget Responsibility as representing a reasonable and central view given the information available at the time. The Government have made no assessment of the difference between the certified and actual level of proceeds from the 4G spectrum auction.

Internet: Broadband

Baroness Jones of Whitchurch: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest estimate of when the rollout of superfast fibre broadband will be complete.

Lord Gardiner of Kimble: The Government aims to deliver a transformation of broadband services by 2015 to support economic growth and maintain the UK's position as a leading internet economy. Through an investment programme of £1.2 billion of public money, and through working in partnership with industry, the Government is ensuring that more homes and businesses are getting superfast broadband availability each week and more superfast connections are being taken up. Alongside the record investments this Government is making, the recent 4G auctions will see a transformation of mobile broadband services. The delivery times will vary, but by the end of this parliament an increased number of faster digital services will be available to more people and at more competitive prices.

Iraq

Lord Dobbs: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Iraqis they estimate to have died as a result of terrorist and war-related violence since the invasion of that country in 2003.

Baroness Warsi: The Government have not produced any estimate for the number of Iraqis killed as a result of terrorism and war-related violence since 2003. While the security situation in Iraq has greatly improved since the violence of 2006-07, the threat from terrorism remains high and attacks do sadly continue. We utterly condemn such violence and call for those responsible to be brought to justice.

Iraq: Camp Ashraf and Camp Liberty

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass: To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the United Nations about Martin Kobler's role as special adviser to Ban Ki-moon on refugee camps Ashraf and Liberty.

Baroness Warsi: We support the UN's efforts to broker a peaceful solution to the situation at Camps Ashraf and Liberty. We have made no representations to the UN Secretary-General about the role of his special representative.

Iraq: Camp Liberty

Lord Maginnis of Drumglass: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they support the expulsion from Iraq of members of the Mojahedin-e Khalq organisation, currently residing in Camp Liberty; and whether they have made representations to the government of Germany regarding reports that the German ambassador to Iraq, Britta Wagner, had issued a statement of support for that policy.

Baroness Warsi: We support the UN's efforts to relocate residents of Camp Liberty in third countries, as outlined by the memorandum of understanding signed between the Government of Iraq and the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq. We have made no representations to the government of Germany about this issue.

Israel

Lord Turnberg: To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of Israel about the implications of the recent closure of the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza by Hamas.

Baroness Warsi: Officials from our embassy in Tel Aviv raised the issue of Israel closing the Kerem Shalom crossing with the Israeli National Security Council on 27 February. The Kerem Shalem commercial crossing was reopened a few days later.

Israel

Lord Steel of Aikwood: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 26 February (WA 302), what action they propose to ensure that cosmetics produced in settlements are not sold in the United Kingdom labelled as originating in Israel.

Viscount Younger of Leckie: We continue to work to take forward the commitment made by EU Foreign Ministers at the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council on 14 May 2012, reaffirmed on 10 December 2012, to fully and effectively implement existing EU legislation and the bilateral arrangements applicable to settlement products. We will continue to work with the EU and European Commission in this regard, alongside the relevant government departments and UK enforcement authorities. If consumers have any concerns about the mislabelling of products, these can be brought to the attention of local trading standards services.

Ivory Trade

Lord St John of Bletso: To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage countries, particularly China, in supporting and enforcing a complete ban on the domestic trade in ivory.

Lord De Mauley: The Government are committed to maintaining the ban on international trade in ivory that has been in place since 1989. Domestic trade in ivory is allowed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) as long as it is strictly regulated and those controls are enforced. Illegal trade in elephant ivory is of particular concern to the UK and we look for opportunities to urge countries with unregulated domestic ivory markets to comply with CITES provisions.

Libya

Lord Alton of Liverpool: To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Libya about (1) the attack by armed men on 28 February on the Coptic Orthodox church in Benghazi, (2) the attempted shooting of a Catholic priest in Tripoli on 2 March, and (3) the imprisonment of Egyptian Christians in Libya.

Baroness Warsi: The Government are yet to make representations to the Government of Libya on these specific cases. Our embassy in Tripoli, along with international partners there, is monitoring developments closely and establishing further details. The EU has issued a statement expressing concerns around those being detained on alleged charges of proselytism in Libya and reaffirming the importance of the Libyan authorities ensuring that detainees are treated in accordance with international standards.
	The Libyan Government have condemned the attack on the Egyptian Coptic church in Benghazi. While we do speak out against violence against Christians in particular, our approach generally is to stress the importance of rule of law and human rights for all. The Government continue to underline with the Libyan authorities at the highest level the importance of respecting human rights, in particular the right to freedom of religion or belief.

Maldives

Lord Alton of Liverpool: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent events in the Maldives.

Baroness Warsi: The Government remain concerned about the political situation in the Maldives, including allegations of physical and political intimidation of parliamentarians and arrests which appear to be politically motivated. As a result of protests following former President Nasheed's detention on 5 March, we understand that over 30 members of the Maldivian Democratic Party were arrested. We urge all parties to remain calm, and to avoid taking action which could lead to doubt over the integrity of the electoral process and contribute to continuing instability.
	During his visit to Maldives in February, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my honourable friend the Member for North East Bedfordshire (Mr Burt), raised with the Maldivian Government the importance of ensuring inclusive presidential elections, fully investigating allegations of police brutality, and ensuring that perpetrators are brought to justice. We will continue to encourage all parties to engage in discussions to find a way through current difficulties, and ensure that free, fair and inclusive elections will be held in September. We note that former President Nasheed was released on 6 March and his trial has been postponed for four weeks. We believe that presidential elections should include the participation of the chosen candidates of all parties, including former President Nasheed, should he be selected as a candidate by his party.

Media: Press Regulation

Lord Dykes: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the all-party consultations on new press regulations will consider how to ensure that vulnerable members of the public, especially minors, are protected from press intrusion.

Lord Gardiner of Kimble: Cross-party talks are currently under way to consider the best way to implement a tough new self-regulatory framework for the press, in line with the Leveson principles. All parties are agreed that this framework must deliver public confidence and justice for victims of press misconduct, so as the problems of the past cannot happen again.

NHS PropCo

Lord Greaves: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the remit of NHS PropCo in relation to the disposal or other use of land they hold and which is (1) surplus to present requirements, or (2) being held for potential future requirements; where funds obtained from such disposals will be held; for what purposes they may be used; and for what purposes NHS PropCo will be able to acquire properties.
	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated cost of the audit of properties held by strategic health authorities and primary care trusts; and what is the estimated total value of the estate that will be managed by NHS PropCo.
	To ask Her Majesty's Government who (1) proposed, and (2) decided, to call NHS Property Services "PropCo"; whether consultants were paid as part of that decision; and, if so, how much.

Lord Greaves: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the system of accountability to Ministers and to Parliament of NHS PropCo.

Earl Howe: As my noble friend is aware, primary care trusts (PCTs) will shortly cease to exist. As there is no single successor body, this necessitated alternative arrangements for the future ownership and management of the existing estate. The department announced in August 2011 that National Health Service providers would have the opportunity to acquire 'service critical clinical infrastructure', subject to certain criteria being met.
	The creation of NHS Property Services Limited (NHS PS), a limited company wholly owned by the Secretary of State for Health, to take that part of the estate not transferring to NHS providers was announced on 25 January 2012.
	The company's objectives will be to: hold property for use by community and primary care services, including for use by social enterprises; deliver value for money property services; cut costs of administering the estate by consolidating the management of over 150 estates; deliver and develop cost-effective property solutions for community health services; and dispose of property surplus to NHS requirements.
	The key benefit of the new model will be the opportunities offered by consolidating assets, skills and experience from 151 PCTs to create an organisation of increased scale and standing, which is more professionally specialised and commercially focused. This will free up resources to improve properties and front-line services.
	The key short-term objective behind the creation of NHS PS is to ensure a smooth transition into the new NHS system, ensuring that properties remain safe, clean and available for use by the NHS.
	The majority of services will be commissioned by local clinical commissioning groups, with the interests of patients a priority. It is only properties that are surplus to NHS requirements that are disposed of now, and this will continue to be the case after 1 April. There will be a number of properties that have already been declared surplus by the NHS locally which will transfer to the company for disposal. Any rationalisation of services to make further properties surplus to requirements will need to be supported by local commissioners.
	All sale proceeds will be reinvested to support front-line healthcare services.
	With regard to the audit of properties held by strategic health authorities and PCTs, i.e. the due diligence exercise, the approximate cost is £1.6 million. This figure constitutes the carrying out of the legal due diligence work, i.e. reviewing the title information and due diligence enquiries and preparing freehold and lease reports in respect of properties that will transfer to NHS PS and community health partnerships (CHP). This is work undertaken by lawyers on behalf of the department, NHS PS and CHP. This is a significant cost, but it must be considered in context. The company will manage a national portfolio of approximately 3,500 properties, worth circa £3 billion.
	NHS Property Services Limited is the registered name of the company, although it has colloquially been referred to in some instances as "PropCo". No consultants were involved or cost incurred in choosing the name of the company.
	Finally, with regard to the system of accountability, the sole shareholder of the company is the Secretary of State and a departmental official sits on the company board as a representative of the Secretary of State.
	Accountability for the actions and expenditure of NHS PS is via the department, and its Permanent Secretary to Parliament. As such, the company can be held to account via the department through the parliamentary committee system, and parliamentary Questions in both Houses. As a public sector body (100% owned by Secretary of State) it is subject to requests for information made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	As a limited company, NHS PS is required to file an annual report and accounts in Companies House. The department's group of accounts will also reflect the company's operations. A copy of the company's articles of association, which gives more detail, has already been placed in the Library.

NHS PropCo

Lord Greaves: To ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the role of NHS PropCo in respect of NHS private finance initiative and local improvement finance trust schemes.

Earl Howe: With regard to private finance initiative (PFI) schemes, NHS Property Services Limited (NHS PS) and National Health Service providers, such as NHS trusts, foundation trusts and aspirant community foundation trusts, will take over the role of primary care trusts (PCTs) in relation to existing PCT PFI schemes. This means taking over the contractual responsibilities for payment of the unitary charge, contract monitoring and management, and also taking over the PCT role as landlord where space is sublet to other service providers.
	NHS PS's objectives will include holding property for use by community and primary care services, and except for their interests in local improvement finance trust (LIFT) schemes, PCTs will transfer to NHS PS premises that are not transferred to NHS providers.
	Turning to LIFT schemes, in December 2012, the department confirmed that PCTs' LIFT interests are to be transferred to community health partnerships (CHP), a limited company wholly owned by the department, from 1 April 2013. As the department's LIFT delivery arm, CHP has specific expertise in managing these public/private partnerships, has developed strong relationships with the individual LIFT companies, and already holds a 20% shareholding in each of the 49 companies.
	NHS PS will assume responsibility for the day-to-day running of the LIFT estate, under a service contract with CHP. Associated staff will therefore transfer to NHS PS under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment).
	Finally, as regards taking LIFT forward in the future, CHP and NHS PS will work with the NHS Commissioning Board and local commissioners to agree property requirements and ensure that they are delivered in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Northern Ireland Parades Commission

Lord Laird: To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to amend the statute governing the Parades Commission; and what political and community involvement have been declared by the current members of the Parades Commission.

Baroness Randerson: We have no current plans to amend the statute governing the Parades Commission, but such matters are kept under review. Maintaining the register of interests is a matter for the commission and the noble Lord may wish to write to it directly.

Ombudsmen

Lord Framlingham: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Ombudsmen there are in the United Kingdom.

Lord Wallace of Saltaire: The main public service ombudsmen in the United Kingdom are the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman, the Local Government Ombudsman, the Housing Ombudsman Service, the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales and the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman.
	There is a list on the Ombudsman Association website at http://www.ombudsman-association.org/ of all those ombudsmen schemes operating in both the public and private sectors that are members of the Ombudsman Association.

Planning

Lord Clement-Jones: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact on creators and creative industries of changes in planning regulation to allow the conversion of office space to housing.

Baroness Hanham: The introduction of permitted development rights for change of use from commercial to residential uses will help get empty and underused buildings back into productive use. An impact assessment was published as part of the 2011 consultation, Relaxation of Planning Rules for Change of Use from Commercial to Residential. The impact assessment did not identify any specific impact on creators and creative industries as a result of these changes to planning regulations.
	We recognise that there may be unique local impacts and we have therefore given local planning authorities the opportunity to seek a local exemption where this can be justified on economic grounds in exceptional circumstances.

Schools: Work Experience

Lord Taylor of Warwick: To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to encourage more work experience by school children.

Lord Nash: From September 2013 funding reforms will make it easier for schools to offer students work experience by funding per student, not per qualification. The introduction of 16-19 study programmes will set clearer expectations on schools to arrange work experience or other work-related learning such as student enterprise projects.
	Studio schools and university technical colleges are already pioneering work with employers to develop students' specialist skills. BIS and DfE also encourage links between employers and schools through its work with local enterprise partnerships and employer organisations.

Serious Fraud Office

Lord Morris of Aberavon: To ask Her Majesty's Government how their supervision of the Serious Fraud Office is exercised; how many meetings have taken place between the Attorney-General and the director of the Serious Fraud Office since May 2010; and what assessment they have made of the performance of the Serious Fraud Office.

Lord Wallace of Tankerness: The Law Officers may be informed or consulted via regular briefings from the director of the Serious Fraud Office (DSFO) about matters of prosecution policy, practice or law; and individual cases of particular sensitivity or difficulty. The Attorney-General meets the DSFO both for routine meetings and as matters arise and has done so 43 times since May 2010. HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate's report on the SFO's casework handling in November 2012 found that the SFO does many things well and that the direction in which the SFO is now headed under its new director is the right one. However, the Attorney-General and the DSFO of course continue to keep the performance of the SFO under review.

Syria

Lord Stoddart of Swindon: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they discussed supplying arms to Syria, or the possibility of military intervention in Syria either by NATO or by a joint operation between the United Kingdom and the United States, with the United States Secretary of State during his recent visit to Britain.

Baroness Warsi: During his visit to the UK on 25 February, US Secretary of State John Kerry held meetings with both the Prime Minister, my right honourable friend the Member for Witney (Mr Cameron), and the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my right honourable friend the Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Mr Hague), at which they discussed a number of issues, including a wide-ranging exchange on Syria. Discussions on Syria focussed on how to do more to speed up the prospect of a political solution, as well as increase non-lethal support to the Syrian Opposition National Coalition. There was no discussion concerning the supply of arms or the possibility of military intervention either by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation or by a joint operation between the UK and the US. We continue to work with our partners, including the US, to achieve a political solution to the crisis in Syria.

Taxation

Lord Myners: To ask Her Majesty's Government how much has been collected to date under the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility; when they next intend to revisit the forecast of proceeds of £3 billion by 2016; and whether that figure will be audited by the Office for Budget Responsibility.

Lord Deighton: Details of the cumulative yield generated from the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF) settlements and payments made in LDF cases not yet settled are published on a monthly basis on the LDF pages of the HM Revenue & Customs website (HMRC)1. By the end of January 2013, total settlements had generated £455 million and a further £78 million had been paid in cases not yet settled.
	HMRC's forecasts are kept under constant review as part of the usual fiscal and budgetary process. The Office for Budget Responsibility is responsible for all fiscal forecasts and the next one will be published alongside the forthcoming Budget on 20 March. The LDF forecast will be audited as part of that process.
	1 http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/disclosureildf-yield.pdf

Universal Credit

Baroness Lister of Burtersett: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of children who will be lifted out of poverty following the introduction of universal credit due to an anticipated increase in take-up; and what proportion of the total number expected to be lifted out of poverty that represents.

Lord Freud: It is not possible to attribute specific proportions of the impacts of universal credit on households to increases in take-up. The increases in take-up are driven both by direct structural changes and by expected behavioural responses to universal credit.
	Unlike the current system where households have to make multiple claims for means tested benefits and tax credits, universal credit will consist of a single payment applied for through a single claim.
	This structural change to the delivery of support eliminates partial take-up of benefits and tax credits. This effect cannot be isolated from the impacts of entitlement changes.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Baroness Stern: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will seek the inclusion of unmanned aerial vehicles in discussions at the United Nations conference on the arms trade treaty.

Baroness Warsi: The Government has consistently argued for the arms trade treaty to cover all conventional arms-which in our view would include military unmanned aerial vehicles- and to keep pace with technological change so that it retains its relevance over time. We will continue to argue for this at the negotiations to conclude the treaty from 18 to 28 March.

Young Offenders: Strip Searches

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will take steps to end the routine strip-searching of children in custodial institutions; and, if so, what steps.

Lord McNally: Full searching is necessary to ensure the safety and security of young people in custody and will only take place when there is an identified risk. We have a duty to keep any item that could endanger the safety of young people out of secure establishments and use a number of measures to disrupt their supply-full searches are an important part of this.
	Following a review by the Youth Justice Board, a new risk-based approach was introduced in secure children's homes and secure training centres. This ended the routine full searching of young people in these establishments. A predominantly risk and intelligence-led approach to full searching of young people held in young offender institutions has been taken since April 2012, but there continues to be a mandatory requirement to routinely full search all young people in certain circumstances where it is considered there is heightened risk of contraband being smuggled into a secure environment.

Young Offenders: Strip Searches

Lord Lester of Herne Hill: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will end the routine strip-searching of children in custody.

Lord McNally: Full searching is necessary to ensure the safety and security of young people in custody and will take place only when there is an identified risk. We have a duty to keep any item that could endanger the safety of young people out of secure establishments and use a number of measures to disrupt their supply-full searches are an important part of this.
	Following a review by the Youth Justice Board, a new risk-based approach was introduced in secure children's homes and secure training centres. This ended the routine full searching of young people in these establishments. A predominantly risk and intelligence-led approach to full searching of young people held in young offender institutions has been taken since April 2012, but there continues to be a mandatory requirement to routinely full search all young people in certain circumstances where it is considered there is heightened risk of contraband being smuggled into a secure environment.